M. F. SALDANHA, J.

( 1 ) THE facts of this case are relatively gross and in our considered view the police have virtually facilitated the acquittal of the accused through an incomplete investigation and if we may further amplify this statement through an unprofessional investigation. The facts of the case are very simple insofar as at about 5 p. m. on 24-4-2000 the accused tendered a hundred rupees note against the payment of his bill at Hotel Santhosh in Mysore City. The Manager who was vigilant and doubted the genuineness of the note checked it on a machine and found that it was counterfelt or rather that it was a fake currency note. He immediately telephoned the police who came there and apprehended the accused. Before taking the accused to the Police Station the note was rechecked on the machine and the police satisfied themselves that it was a fake note. According to the prosecution after the accused was taken to the Police Station he was searched in the presence of the two Panchas and 21 other hundred rupees note were found on his person all of which corresponded to the original fake note. In all therefore, the accused is charged with having been in possession of 22 such note

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